Keita Endo
Endo with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 FC Tokyo
(on loan from Union Berlin)
Number 22
Youth career
2010–2015 Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Yokohama F. Marinos 103 (13)
2020–2021 → Union Berlin (loan) 16 (1)
2021– Union Berlin 4 (0)
2022–2024 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 24 (0)
2024– → FC Tokyo (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Japan U19 4 (0)
2017 Japan U20 3 (0)
2018 Japan U21 4 (0)
2018–2021 Japan U23 11 (0)
2019– Japan 2 (0)
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Runner-up J.League Cup 2018
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2017
Representing  Japan
Men's football
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
EAFF Championship
Runner-up 2019 South Korea Team
AFC U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Keita Endo (遠藤渓太, Endō Keita, born 22 November 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club FC Tokyo, on loan from Union Berlin. He also represents the Japan national team.[1][2]

Club career

Keita made his league debut for Yokohama against Albirex Niigata on the 12 March 2016.[3] He scored his first goal for the club against Gamba Osaka on the 30 September 2017, scoring in the 89th minute.[4]

On 25 July 2020, Endo joined Union Berlin on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy. He was expected to join Union Berlin on a permanent basis at the end of the 2020–21 season.[5] He made his league debut for Union against Mainz 05 on the 2 October 2020.[6] He scored his first goal for Union against Arminia Bielefeld on the 7 November 2020, scoring in the 3rd minute.[7]

On 19 July 2022, Endo joined Eintracht Braunschweig on a season-long loan from Union Berlin.[8] He made his league debut for Eintracht against Heidenheim on the 23 July 2022.[9] On 8 July 2023, it was announced that the loan-deal was extended until 30 June 2024.[10]

On 7 January 2024, Endo moved on a new loan to FC Tokyo.[11]

International career

In May 2017, Endo was named in the Japan U20 national team's squad for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. In this tournament, he played three matches. On 29 December 2019, Endo was called up to the Japan U23 national team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yokohama F. Marinos 2016 J1 League 23 0 1 0 5 0 — 0 0 29 0
2017 J1 League 14 1 4 0 4 1 — 0 0 22 2
2018 J1 League 27 2 0 0 9 0 — 0 0 36 2
2019 J1 League 33 7 1 0 6 0 — 0 0 40 7
2020 J1 League 6 2 0 0 0 0 2[a] 1 1[b] 0 9 3
Total 103 12 6 0 24 1 2 1 1 0 136 14
Union Berlin (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 16 1 1 0 — — 0 0 17 1
Union Berlin 2021–22 Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Career total 123 13 7 0 24 1 2 1 1 0 157 16
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

International

As of[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos

Japan U19

References

  1. ^ "遠藤渓太：横浜Ｆ・マリノス：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ FIFA.com
  3. ^ "Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 12 March 2016". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 30 September 2017". Soccerway.
  5. ^ Ventham, Dale (25 July 2020). "Keita Endo Joins 1.FC Union Berlin From Yokohoma F. Marinos". Last Word on Football. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Union Berlin vs Mainz - 2 October 2020". Soccerway.
  7. ^ "Union Berlin vs Arminia Bielefeld - 7 November 2020". Soccerway.
  8. ^ "Eintracht leiht Keita Endo von Union Berlin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Heidenheim vs Eintracht Braunschweig - 23 July 2022". Soccerway.
  10. ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Keita Endo weiterhin aus". www.eintracht.com (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  11. ^ "KEITA ENDO TO THE JAPANESE CAPITAL". Union Berlin. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  12. ^ "U-23 Japan National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  13. ^ Keita Endo at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ Keita Endo at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "U-19 Japan National Football Team lift Asian Title in AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

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FC Tokyo – current squad
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